Vishnudas Bhave Auditorium's Makeover to Get Further Delayed
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The Dynamic Daily Newspaper of Navi Mumbai 7 November VOL. 13 • ISSUE 157 PAGES 12 • PRICE ` 1 2019 THURSDAY RNI No. MAHEN/2007/21778 POSTAL REGN. NO. NMB/154/2017-19/VASHI MDG POST OFFICE NEWS IN Vishnudas Bhave City youngster Asif Khan joins BRIEF Mumbai City FC ISL squad Auditorium’s makeover By Ashok Dhamija NMMC carries out anti NAVI MUMBAI: City encroachment drive based 18-year-old Mo- The Navi Mumbai hammed Asif Khan has to get further delayed been roped in by Mum- Municipal Corpora- tion’s anti-encroach- bai City FC for its squad ment department car- NMMC loses on entertainment tax due to delay in the ongoing Indian ried out drive against Super League ahead of the illegal shops on the islander’s upcoming By Abhitash D. Singh match against last the Thane Belapur NAVI MUMBAI: De- road, near Airoli year’s finalists FC Goa spite assurances by the scheduled to be played Mind Space Company civic authorities, the on Wednesday. Dur- on Thursday 7 Novem- makeover work of the ber at the Mumbai 18-year-old talented mid ing the drive 10 shops lone auditorium of the fielder Mohammed Asif were demolished… Football Arena. satellite city, Vishnudas The talented attack- Khan will be part of the (More on Page 2) Bhave Natyagraha, is Mumbai City FC ISL squad Man arrested ing midfielder who unlikely to get complet- learnt the tricks of the for the season 2019-20. for selling drugs ed in the stipulated The anti-narcotics trade at St Lawrence club’s best goal in 2019 deadline of this month High School, Vashi and team arrested a man end. Due to this delay across all the Islanders’ for selling drug, later at Fr. Agnel Mul- teams, winning the not only the residents tipurpose High School Methamphetamine in are unable to enjoy the 2019 MCFC Goal Cup. CBD Belapur Sector- and Junior College, has Asif will wear the plays, but the Navi ment tax from Vishnu- eight months. Earlier also played a key part 11 on Tuesday night. Mumbai Municipal das Bhave Natyagruha. in June 2019 the number 39 shirt for the The accused has been in them winning the Islanders, once worn by Corporation (NMMC) is The auditorium was former civic chief Dr. Navi Mumbai DSO identified as Jitendra also losing on the enter- closed for complete ren- Ramaswami N. had in- former French interna- Baijnath Gupta, 45. Football titles in differ- tional Player cum tainment tax. Previous ovation from spected the work and ent age groups. Since The police have seized financial year the civic 11th March, 2019 and had asked the engineers coach Nicolas Anelka. 75 grams of metham- then he has honed his Speaking on adding body collected Rs 78 the deadline set for the skills at the MCFC af- phetamine powder lakh as an entertain- completion of it was Contd. on pg. 2 the local lad to the worth around Rs 2 ter impressing the club squad, Mumbai City FC lakh from his posses- during the open trials Head Coach Jorge Cos- sion…. last year for its Under- ta said, “Asif is a raw Illegal encroachment under high 18 side and has never (More on page 2) Contd. on pg. 4 Snake stuck in tar looked back. His perfor- rescued after 3 hours tension wire rampant in Airoli mance during the of struggle 2018-19 Under-18 I- In a tough rescue Residents demand action by the authorities League season was im- operation a king co- pressive where he bra stuck in a drum played eight games and filled with tar was racked up four goals rescued safely and and two assists. One of released into the for- his four strikes from est. The snake was last season, against trapped in the tar in Iron Born FC, was vot- a warehouse on ed by the fans as the Chirner Vindhan road. Snake activists Jaywant Thakur and Rajesh Patil who were called in for res- cue operation, risked their life and used only a snake rescue tool. It took nearly By Chandrashekhar Hendve line on the City and In- thriving at the place. three hours for them NAVI MUMBAI: The dustrial Development However, immediately to rescue the snake, residents of Sector 19, Corporation’s (CIDCO) after the demolition which was later re- Airoli are highly piqued plot at Sector 19. drive was carried out by leased in the forest by the rampant illegal The residents point- the NMMC and CIDCO, …(More on page 6) encroachment under ed that earlier only few Contd. on pg. 2 high tension electric old furniture stores were www.newsband.in | [email protected] 2 Thursday, 7 November 2019 NMMC carries out anti Man arrested for selling drugs encroachment drive Methamphetamine powder worth two lakh rupees seized By Crime Reporter Parasur and their pocket of his jeans. NAVI MUMBAI: The squad laid a trap in They also found 5 anti-narcotics team the CBD Sector-11 small empty plastic arrested a man for area on Tuesday bags and a small selling drug, Metham- evening. Police electronic weighing phetamine in CBD arrested the suspect bag. After further Belapur Sector-11 on at around 8.30 pm inquiry Gupta con- Tuesday night. The and found 2 mobile fessed that he was accused has been phones and a small there to sell the drug identified as Jitendra pocket of white and methamphetamine Baijnath Gupta, 45. cream coloured powderm, informs The police have seized powder and powder- senior police inspector 75 grams of metham- rice packs in another Ravindra Budhwant. phetamine powder worth around Rs 2 By Chandrashekhar Hendve earlier tried to demol- ried out under the direc- lakh from his posses- NAVI MUMBAI: The ish the illegal shops. tion of Additional Com- sion. Navi Mumbai Munici- However, few residents missioner Ravindra The anti-narcotics pal Corporation’s had approached the Patil and Deputy Com- team had received (NMMC) anti-en- court and there was a missioner Amrish Pa- information that a croachment depart- stay as per the Order. tinigre, under the direc- person was going to ment carried out drive However, the civic body tion of Municipal Com- sell methamphet- against the illegal had challenged the case missioner Abasaheb amine drugs in the shops on the Thane and recently the court Misal. Action was initi- CBD sector-11 area. Belapur road, near ruled out the verdict in ated by Airoli Division Accordingly, Senior Airoli Mind Space Com- favour of the civic body Officer Anant Jadhav. Police Inspector pany on Wednesday. following which the 10 During the drive 1 JCP, Ravindra Budhwant, During the drive 10 illegal shops were de- 2 dumpers, 2 gas cut- Assistant Police shops were demolished. molished ters, 15 workers were Inspector Vinaya The authorities had The drive was car- deployed. Illegal encroachment... are thriving as they have political support,” she adds. Contd. from pg. 1 Speaking with Newsband, NMMC’s Airoli Ward the business are not only back in action but have Officer, Anant Jadhav said, “Unauthorized con- increased manifold. “Earlier there were just few struction under high tension wire is illegal as per handful of illegal shops of old furniture but now the law. Secondly, as the plot belongs to the CIDCO the numbers have increased and these are now il- they must put a compound fencing to protect it legally occupying the sidewalk,” says Dnaynash- from illegal encroachment. If demanded by CIDCO, ewar Patil, a resident of Airoli. action will be taken jointly by both the organisa- “The shops are blocking 80 percent of the foot- tions.” path due to which pedestrians are forced to risk “We will soon carry out inspection and accord- their lives and walk on the road,” remarks Aruna ingly action will be taken,” said Sunil Tambe, CI- Jadhav, another resident. “These illegal business DCO encroachment officer. SPECIAL OFFER Vishnudas end of November, 2019. bai to watch the plays. escalators and also fa- However, the work is Moreover, the delay in cilities for the physical- CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENT ON REAL Bhave unlikely to get complet- completion of the work ly challenged people ESTATE (Buying /Selling /Paying Guest etc.) Auditorium’s ed before January, is costing the civic body along with parking fa- A 20 word classified in NEWSBAND 2020, it is learnt. Rs.78 lakh. Previous cility. “All the work will will cost you only Rs 150/- + GST Applicable makeover... Talking with News- financial year the civic definitely take some Contd. from pg. 1 band, NMMC Commis- body had collected Rs 78 time. End of November for direct buyers and sellers. to pull up their socks sioner Annasaheb Mis- Lakh as an entertain- or first week of Decem- For details, call : and complete the work al said, “I had inspect- ment tax from Vishnu- ber was the deadline set by the end of October, ed the work at Vishnu- das Bhave Natyagru- for the completion of the 20870513, 27815380 2019. On 22nd Septem- das Bhave Natyagraha ha.” Vishnudas Bhave Audi- ber, 2019 the NMMC on 22nd September, Vishnudas Auditori- torium but now I think civic chief Annasaheb 2019 along with the um was last renovated that it will be complet- Misal along with the Mayor. The auditorium in the year 2008. After ed by first week of Jan- ATTENTION READERS Mayor Jaywant Sutar has its own charm and 11 years the auditori- uary, 2020. The people While every effort is made to check the genuineness of also inspected the audi- most of the events take um is getting a total of Navi Mumbai can party/parties inserting ads in this paper, we cannot be held torium’s ongoing work place here.